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This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
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Parliamentary elections were held in the Silesian Voivodeship on 24 September 1922 [1] to elect deputies to the Silesian Sejm.
| Party or alliance | Votes | % | Seats | |||
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| National Bloc | 129,679 | 33.54 | 18 | |||
| Germans | German Catholic People's Party | 50,691 | 13.11 | 6 | ||
| German Party | 33,059 | 8.55 | 6 | |||
| Total | 83,750 | 21.66 | 12 | |||
| Polish Socialist Party | 65,493 | 16.94 | 8 | |||
| National Workers' Party | 55,198 | 14.28 | 7 | |||
| German Social Democratic Party | 19,789 | 5.12 | 2 | |||
| Polish People's Party | 15,345 | 3.97 | 1 | |||
| Communists | 9,044 | 2.34 | 0 | |||
| Others | 8,294 | 2.15 | 0 | |||
| Total | 386,592 | 100.00 | 48 | |||
| Valid votes | 386,592 | 99.44 | ||||
| Invalid/blank votes | 2,177 | 0.56 | ||||
| Total votes | 388,769 | 100.00 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 527,228 | 73.74 | ||||
| Source: "Rocznik Statystyki Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej R. 1, cz. 2 (1920/1922)". | ||||||
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